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Christian Women's/Men's Job Corps of North Carolina, Inc.
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  The purpose of
Christian Women's Job Corps and Christian Men's Job Corps
is to provide a Christian context in which persons in need
are equipped for life and employment;
and a missions context in which women help women
and men help men.
CWJC/CMJC Level I & Level II National Certification Training
Level I – for potential site coordinators
Level II – for current site coordinators at least 12 months after completing Level I
August 7-10, 2012
Mills Baptist Children’s Home Campus
The purpose of
Christian Women's Job Corps and Christian Men's Job Corps
is to provide a Christian context in which persons in need
are equipped for life and employment;
and a missions context in which women help women
and men help men.
CWJC/CMJC Level I & Level II National Certification Training
Level I – for potential site coordinators
Level II – for current site coordinators at least 12 months after completing Level I
August 7-10, 2012
Mills Baptist Children’s Home Campus
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In the early 1990’s, National Woman’s Missionary Union had a vision for assisting women trapped in the cycle of poverty – offering a hand up, not a hand out. With that vision and five successful national pilot sites, CWJC of North Carolina established two sites in 1998 and since that time has increased to sixteen CWJC sites and two CMJC sites as of October 2011 as well as one international site.
Throughout North Carolina in various settings and types of communities, CWJC and CMJC is bringing hope for a brighter future: Empowering women and men in need by providing resources to help them move from dependency to self-sufficiency. Along with Bible study, volunteer mentors are a critical part of the program.
Specialized training equips volunteers to offer:
- One-on-one support and encouragement
- Assistance accessing job training and educational resources
- Life skills guidance in areas such as child care, transportation, housing and other daily needs.
Participants gain:
- Practical life skills
- Self-respect as they provide for themselves and their children
- Assurance in the knowledge that God loves them. In nearly every aspect of life, CWJC and CMJC offer help and hope that is changing lives!
CWJC and CMJC sites across the country are undergirded by prayer and bound together by key elements found at each site:
- A mentor for every participant
- Covenant between participant and mentor
- Bible study
- Networking
- Needs assessment of communities and potential participants
- An advisory council
- Certification training
- Evaluation
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Job Corps injects hope into discouraged hearts
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| By Norman Jameson |
| Wednesday, August 24, 2011 |
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BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (ABP) -- Those unemployed long-term suffer from more than loss of a paycheck.
Being jobless shatters certainty and puts at risk every level of security a person has worked to accumulate. Joblessness assaults self worth, psychological stability and emotional health.
To combat those issues and to raise both hope and practical expectations Woman’s Missionary Union created Christian Women’s Job Corps and Christian Men’s Job Corps and is working with state WMU chapters to implement that service of hope in 200 locations around the country.
To continue reading this story, click here.
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LifeWorks joins pieces for women in mountains
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| By Norman Jameson |
| Wednesday, August 24, 2011 |
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CLYDE, N.C. (ABP) -- Economic life is never easy in western North Carolina’s mountains and 70 percent of the poor are locked into “generational poverty” that holds them back like the concrete anchors on their mobile homes.
At least the lucky ones have mobile homes. With a five-year waiting list for subsidized housing and a shelter open only six months a year, many poor are reduced to living in tents, under bridges and in a carousel of relatives’ homes, according to Samantha Ledford.
Ledford leads LifeWorks in Clyde, N.C., a center that incorporates Christian Women’s Job Corps to teach job and life skills to women “ready for a change.” A coalition builder, Ledford constantly pulls partners into her work.
To continue reading this story, click here.
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Job Corps injects hope into discouraged hearts
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| By Norman Jameson |
| Wednesday, August 24, 2011 |
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BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (ABP) -- Those unemployed long-term suffer from more than loss of a paycheck.
Being jobless shatters certainty and puts at risk every level of security a person has worked to accumulate. Joblessness assaults self worth, psychological stability and emotional health.
To combat those issues and to raise both hope and practical expectations Woman’s Missionary Union created Christian Women’s Job Corps and Christian Men’s Job Corps and is working with state WMU chapters to implement that service of hope in 200 locations around the country.
To continue reading this story, click here.
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LifeWorks joins pieces for women in mountains
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| By Norman Jameson |
| Wednesday, August 24, 2011 |
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CLYDE, N.C. (ABP) -- Economic life is never easy in western North Carolina’s mountains and 70 percent of the poor are locked into “generational poverty” that holds them back like the concrete anchors on their mobile homes.
At least the lucky ones have mobile homes. With a five-year waiting list for subsidized housing and a shelter open only six months a year, many poor are reduced to living in tents, under bridges and in a carousel of relatives’ homes, according to Samantha Ledford.
Ledford leads LifeWorks in Clyde, N.C., a center that incorporates Christian Women’s Job Corps to teach job and life skills to women “ready for a change.” A coalition builder, Ledford constantly pulls partners into her work.
To continue reading this story, click here.
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There are several different ways that you can get involved with Christian Women's Job Corps of North Carolina. Check out our site list to see if there is a CWJC site in your area.
In order to start a site as a site coordinator, you will need to participate in level one training. You can find national training opportunities at www.wmu.com/volunteerconnection.
Don't feel led to start a CWJC site? Here are some other ways that you can get involved with CWJC:
* Pray! Pray for the site coordinators. Pray for the participants. Pray for the mentors. Pray for the volunteers. Pray for the day to day operation of the site to run smoothly.
* Become a mentor. This is an amazing way to get involved in the life of a woman, one on one, that is eager to grow. Local sites offer mentor training.
* Become a volunteer at a site. Any site coordinator would be thrilled to hear that there are people who want to volunteer their time perhaps cooking/serving meals. There are also classes that need to be taught and Bible studies that need to be led.
* Become a donor. Contact a local site and see what supplies they might need donated. It might be that they need clothing for their clients that is appropriate to wear to a job interview. Or they might need office supplies, or office furniture. Local sites also welcome financial donations. Read how one site is using donations here.
* Serve on the CWJC NC Board. This working Board meets quarterly to evaluate the work of CWJC NC. Responsibilities include serving as an advocate for this ministry in your own community and throughout the state. For more information or to nominate someone, please contact Cara Lynn Vogel or email this form.
There are several different ways that you can get involved with Christian Women's Job Corps of North Carolina. Check out our site list to see if there is a CWJC site in your area.
In order to start a site as a site coordinator, you will need to participate in level one training. You can find national training opportunities at www.wmu.com/volunteerconnection.
Don't feel led to start a CWJC site? Here are some other ways that you can get involved with CWJC:
* Pray! Pray for the site coordinators. Pray for the participants. Pray for the mentors. Pray for the volunteers. Pray for the day to day operation of the site to run smoothly.
* Become a mentor. This is an amazing way to get involved in the life of a woman, one on one, that is eager to grow. Local sites offer mentor training.
* Become a volunteer at a site. Any site coordinator would be thrilled to hear that there are people who want to volunteer their time perhaps cooking/serving meals. There are also classes that need to be taught and Bible studies that need to be led.
* Become a donor. Contact a local site and see what supplies they might need donated. It might be that they need clothing for their clients that is appropriate to wear to a job interview. Or they might need office supplies, or office furniture. Local sites also welcome financial donations. Read how one site is using donations here.
* Serve on the CWJC NC Board. This working Board meets quarterly to evaluate the work of CWJC NC. Responsibilities include serving as an advocate for this ministry in your own community and throughout the state. For more information or to nominate someone, please contact Cara Lynn Vogel or email this form.
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There are currently seventeen CWJC sites and two CMJC sites in North Carolina in the following counties:
Alamance, Buncombe, Cabarrus, Duplin, Gaston, Guilford, Halifax, Haywood, Hertford, Mecklenburg, Nash, New Hanover, Pender, Person, Sampson, Stanly, Union, Wake, Wayne and Watauga.
Phyllis Slaymon, Site Coordinator for CWJC of Union County.
Donna Pittman, a mentor for CWJC of Union County
There are currently seventeen CWJC sites and two CMJC sites in North Carolina in the following counties:
Alamance, Buncombe, Cabarrus, Duplin, Gaston, Guilford, Halifax, Haywood, Hertford, Mecklenburg, Nash, New Hanover, Pender, Person, Sampson, Stanly, Union, Wake, Wayne and Watauga.
Phyllis Slaymon, Site Coordinator for CWJC of Union County.
Donna Pittman, a mentor for CWJC of Union County
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Contacting the CWJC of NC
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Cara Lynn Vogel, State Coordinator
Christian Women's/Men's Job Corps
PO Box 18309 Raleigh, NC 27619-8309
919.882.2344 or 866.210.8602
cwjcnc@gmail.com or cwjcncminasst@gmail.com
Cara Lynn Vogel, State Coordinator
Christian Women's/Men's Job Corps
PO Box 18309 Raleigh, NC 27619-8309
919.882.2344 or 866.210.8602
cwjcnc@gmail.com or cwjcncminasst@gmail.com
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